The Right Stiff: A Charlie McGinley Mystery with magic, the Mob and a frozen beauty queen

Charlie writes books about the Mob. Everybody loves them ... Except the Mob.Charlie McGinley writes hard-boiled detective novels. At least he did until writer's block kicked in. He owes his publisher a book, multiple wives alimony and a loan shark is about to break his thumbs.

Charlie hightails it out of L.A. two steps ahead of the police and his latest ex. On Route 66, he runs into Ben Fox, a mysterious Native American hitchhiker who just happened to know Ernest Hemingway - Charlie's favorite writer.

Charlie's life gets even more complicated when he and Ben are dragged into a murder at a shady cryonics lab. Will Charlie be able to avoid the police, Mob hitmen, and his ex-wife, while trying to save an aging beauty queen from being frozen to death?

To find out, read this fast-paced, twisty, laugh-out-loud mystery today.

"Fast-paced, riveting...hilarious." -Kirkus Reviews

"...Suspense and intrigue with a healthy dose of humor." -Readers' Favorite

"Readers will reach the tale's conclusion in stitches. Recommended," -US Review of Books

The Right Stiff is the first book in the Charlie McGinley Mystery Series. If you like a hard-boiled whodunit with lots of laughs, then you'll love The Right Stiff.